OPINION : Motorola this hebdomad revealed its latest update to its foldable Razr range , the Razr 50 and Razr 50 Ultra – or Razr 50 and 50 Plus if you live in the US – and there are meaningful update to both foldables that make them more capable , and importantly , more alluring than ever .
TheMotorola Razr 50 Ultrasports an even bigger covering cover than last twelvemonth , measuring in at a whopping 4 column inch , that much takes up the entire cover gore . It also shoot a line an improved television camera frame-up with a young high - res telephoto lens , a much dissipated Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset , a larger battery and improved IPX8 weewee resistance .
The more affordableMotorola Razr 50has also had a significant upgrade in the cover screen section , ditching the narrow ticker - comparable screen for the same 3.6 - inch cover screen as last year ’s top - remnant Razr 40 Ultra , along with a duplicate 50MP main camera , an even bigger 4200mAh battery than the radical model and matching IPX8 water ohmic resistance too .
Not to bring up that both foldables are usable in some pretty vibrant vividness pick , including a red-hot pink Razr 50 Ultra as a little hat - tilt to the 20 - year - old hot pink Razr , and boast match vegan leather butt too .
I proceed helping hand - on with both foldables at the launching in New York in the first place this workweek , and they ’re just as telling as they sound on newspaper . This all spells bad tidings for Samsung . Potentially , anyway .
You see , last year’sRazr 40 Ultranot only had a larger external cover at 3.6 in compared to Samsung ’s 3.4 - inchZ Flip 5 , but it was more capable too .
While Samsung offered a handful of widgets and limited support for apps on the cover screen , Motorola went all in on usability , including access to any app instal on the sound and good - plan , more useful thingummy , translating to a much better experience overall .
Of course , we ’re only weeks away from seeing the novel Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 , the true competitor to Motorola ’s new Razr solicitation , but it ’s not looking good for Team Samsung if recent rumours are to be believed .
What’s to come from Samsung?
Let ’s start with the big one ; hatch screen tech . I ’ve already waxed lyrical about just how much better the Motorola masking screen door experience is , and it looks like that confidential information is set to continue even with the release of the Z Flip 6 .
That ’s because , despite early rumours of aslight increasein cover screen size to 3.9 inches , more late rumourssuggest it could stick with the same 3.4 - inch size as the Z Flip 5 .
Plus , it habituate the same odd upside - down - folder cutout rather than encompassing the cameras within the covert . While that arguably help oneself with usability as app elements do n’t terminate up behind the television camera , it also means that the Z Flip 6 should have pretty wooden-headed black bezels , make the technical school simply look onetime . Combined with the minuscule screen , the Razr 50 Ultra has an well-off profits on its hands here .
There ’s no word yet on whether Samsung has improved the useableness of the cover screen with the Z Flip 6 and what I guess will be the OneUI 6.2 update , but you ’d well desire for its own sake that it has .
It ’s also worth point out that , if the rumour projection screen sizing of 3.4 inches is true , it ’s beaten by that of the more low-priced Razr 50 and its 3.6 - inch covert cover . That imply you might be able to get an adequate , or perhaps even better , cover screen experience for a few hundred quid less than Samsung ’s upcoming flagship foldable .
It ’s not just the cover screen though ; Motorola could potentially have a win in the television camera department too . The Motorola Razr 50 Ultra sports a new high-pitched - res 50MP chief camera with improved aperture , up to f/1.7 , complete with dual - pixel PDAF and OIS capability . The more telling addition is a matching 50MP 2x telephoto lens , designed for improved portraiture picture taking , further amend by Motorola ’s AI - power photograph sweetening engine .
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip , on the other hand , is rumoured to gambol a matching advance 50MP f/1.8 main tv camera – up from a measly 12MP on the Z Flip 5 – though that is go down to be equate once again by a 12MP ultrawide and a 10MP selfie television camera within .
Granted , the Razr 50 Ultra does n’t have an ultrawide like the Z Flip 6 is rumor to have , but you do it what does feature a matching 50MP main and 13MP ultrawide as well as a more elaborate 32MP selfie photographic camera ? Yep , the more affordable Razr 50 .
That ’s an important element to consider as , despite the rumoured similarity in tech , the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 is said to be$100 more in the USat $ 1099 , and that ’ll in all likelihood understand to a similar price increase in the UK too , potentially taking the cost up to as much as £ 1149 .
view that the Razr 50 retail for £ 799 and the 50 Ultra retails for £ 999 , it seems that the Razrs could not only be the more capable foldables , but foldables that are actually more affordable than Samsung ’s grapple choice too .
We ’ve only incur a couple of weeks to go until we find out for sure , with anannouncement schedule for 10 July , but I ’m quietly sure-footed that Motorola has got itself a couple of winner on its hands with the Razr 50 and Razr 50 Ultra this year .
